chief white house adviser david plouffe defended that decision this weekend, and he said that, basically, president obama is the president 24/7, he can multitask. what do you think of that? if you were secretary of defense today, what would you be advising the president to do about this benghazi situation? >> i think that the benghazi situation is a part of a pattern that we're seeing in the not just the arab world, but the islamic world. and it seems to me that the people in the white house including the president have a responsibility to the country to focus on what is apparently a very serious and broad, deep problem. it is not something that can be atrialattributed to a video no s seen. everyone knew that that day was september 11th, and that date posed particular dangers for americans. and it seemed to me that a president has a responsibility to focus. now, it's true, a president takes along advisers and communications capabilities. but it seems to me if you have a group of people killed that the president has a responsibility to be on the scene in the white house focusing on it, an